Advance in nutritive value of grassland grasshopper

Grassland grasshopper is an edible,medical and forage natural resources with high protein,low fat,rich vitamins and mineral elements.However,outbreak of grassland grasshoppers could cause grassland degradation.Therefore,fully understanding nutrients and their variation in grassland grasshopper,and making a rational utilization of them might reduce the hazard on grasslands as well as effectively alleviate the resource crisis of food,feed and pharmaceutical industry.This paper summarized grassland grasshoppers' nutrients including proteins,lipids,mineral elements,vitamins and flavonoids,and analyzed development and utilization of grassland grasshoppers,which could provide a reference for more efficient use of grassland grasshoppers.